Carol Ashby

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'''Carol Ashby''' is a retired six times world indoor bowls champion from England but holds Australian citizenship.

==Bowls career== Ashby won the women's singles title at the 2002 World Indoor Bowls Championship, 2003 World Indoor Bowls Championship and 2004 World Indoor Bowls Championship. She gained as much press coverage for her image despite the fact that she was a three times world singles champion.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/bowls/4154099.stm|title=Beauty and the bowlers|publisher=BBC Sport}}</ref> In addition to the three singles titles she also won three mixed pairs titles in 2005, 2006 and 2010. The 2005 and 2006 wins were with John Price of Wales and during the 2010 championships she partnered Alex Marshall of Scotland.

In 2014, whilst living in Australia she married Scottish international bowler Graeme Archer and in 2015 retired from bowls.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bowlsaustralia.com.au/News/archer-retires-as-a-scottish-rep|title=Archer retires as a Scottish rep|publisher=Bowls Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.northernstar.com.au/news/apn-carol-gives-lawn-bowls-a-new/13967/|title=Ashby gives bowls a new look|publisher=Northern Star}}</ref> In 2016 her relationship with Archer ended when he returned to Scotland to live.{{citation needed|date=January 2021}}

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